Nasal inhaler



Feb. 20, 1940. A. c. HOFFMAN 2,191,015

' NAS'AL 'INHALER Filed Aug. 6, 1937 INVENTOR Allan C(Hoffman- #12 TORNEY Patented Feb. 20, 1940 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,191,015

'- NASAL INHALER JUN 1 7 1941 Allan G. Hoffman, Milldale, Conn., assignor to Scovill Manufacturing Company,. Waterbury, Conn., a corporation of Connecticut Application AugustG, 1937, Serial No. 157,710

1 Claim. (01. 128- 498) This invention relates to new and useful im-' provements in inhalers and particularly of the type using a medicated filler or a crystallizedor granular substance adapted to produce vapors or 6 fumes for inhalation in the treatment of nose channel capacitated for receiving a suitable seal- 6 and throat ailments. ing washer or gasket l6. After the filler II is One of the objects of this invention is to contreated with the desired medicament, or in fact struct an inhaler. container of relatively few any inhalant substance may be loaded into the parts made preferably of drawn metal shells and container shell ID, a sealing cap I! is aflixed to 10 having a means for effectively sealing device so the lower end of said container shell l holding that it will not lose any of its strength from the the filler ll permanently there within. The sealtime that it is charged with an inhalant until ing cap I! is designed to initially telescope over the device is merchandised from the retail store. the upstanding wall ii of the flange l4 and is A further object is to produce an inhalant conthen permanently secured thereto by spinning ll tainer of neat appearance, simple and inexover or otherwise forming inwardly the upper 16 pensive construction, easily operated, and deend 18a of the peripherial wall!!! of said cap, signed to be carried in the vest pocketor in the as shown by dotted outline in Fig. 2, to provide a handbag convenient for immediate use. retention flange |8b overlying the upper edge of The invention will be better understood from the flange wall l5. This retention flange l8b is M the detailed description which follows when conextended inwardly sufliciently to embrace the go sidered in conjunction with the accompanying outer portion of the upper surface of the washer drawing, showing certain preferred embodiments I6 for holding it in position and leaving the of the invention, wherein: greater area of the upper surface of the washer Fig. 1 represents a side elevation of the inexposed for reasons to be described later. 28 haler. Air is adapted to be drawn into the interior of 35 Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section through the sealed container shell [0 by means of one or the same on a slightly enlarged scale. more apertures I9 cut out of the wall thereof ad- F.g. 3 shows an exploded view of the several jacent the lower end of said container just above parts of the inhaler as they appear before asthe upper surface of the sealing washer I6. 30 sembly. I In order to produce an efiective sealing means 30 Fig. 4 is a transverse section through the defor the inhaler container II] when not in use, a vice, taken along the line 4-4 of Fig. 2 with the long cylindrical hollow cover 20 is designed to cap removed. telescope over substantially the entire length 01' Referring nowto the drawing wherein like said shell l0 and then be detachably secured 85 numerals designate like parts throughout the h re o s y a threading peration. Th conseveral views; the numeral lflindicatesarelativestruction for effecting this elesc p a ly long hollow container shell within which may threading connection between parts I 0 and 20 is be disposed a suitable filler ll preferably made effected by producing an expanded rolled thread of a rolled cotton wad or other substance of like 2| on the shell l0 adjacent its lower portion; and physical a s t sti s (sh w y the cap, in turn, is provided with .an interme- 40 dotted outline in Fig. 2), adapted to be saturated diate inwardly formed roued thread 22 Df carwith a medicament of a volatile nature. The responding pitch and location diameter of the filler II is shown as being some- The lower extremity of the cover member 20 h less than the i q diameter of 1 is provided with an outwardly formed partially 5 tamer shell, thus providing a surrounding air rolled bead 23 when the cover 20 has passage designated by the letter X (Fig. 2) to alh h w lowtfor a relatively free and unobstructed air meted Its threaded Opera wlth t e S e passage therethmugh. the complementary bead 23 is adapted by nature The upper end of the sh n m is for d with. a of its shape to impress itself into the sealing so smooth conoidal shape adaptable for insertion washer wlthout danger of cutting or muti' into a persons nostril. The apex of the'conoidal end I2 is formed or spun inwardly and surrounds a single discharge aperture l3, 2. construction presenting no sharp edges-capable of inflicta in; injury upon the user.

The lower end of the container shell I0 is formed outwardly with an integral supporting flange l4 terminating in an upstanding circumferential wall l5, thus providing an annular lating the same, and thus assure a hermetical seal between the parts It] and 20.

In order to facilitate the manipulation of the cover member 20, the upper end of said cover to is formed with arelatively narrow expanded secsubstances in this inhaler, in which case the outlet opening l3 in the end of the container shell ID will be closed and provided with a number or smaller openings, and also the intake openings at the opposite end will necessarily be made smaller and of a size to preclude the escape, of the crystal or granular substances therethrough.

In practice, after the container shell Ill has been chargedor filled with the desired inhalant,

it is used by applying the conoidalend l2 to the nostrils and inhaling. This causes a flow of air to enter the inlet ports l9, pass through the annular space X surrounding the filler H or through the interstices of granular and crystal substances when the latter is used, and become saturated or charged with the fumes or vapors in its passage to the outlet port,l3. After the inhaler has been used, the cap 20 is slipped or telescoped over the shell l0 until the adjacent convolutions of the, threads 20 and 22 of shell l0 and cover 20 respectively contact each other after which one or two turns of the cover 20 will interlock and hermetically seal the parts. It will be apparent that while there areoemployed certain details of construction for the purpose of adequately disclosing the invention, vart ious changes or modifications of the construction herein shown and described, may be made within the scope of the appended claim without departing from the spirit of this invention or sacrificing its advantages.

What is claimed is:

In an inhalant device, a drawn metal container shell having one end formed with a tapering nozzle portion and the opposite end open for receiving an inhalant material therein, the apex of said nozzle end having a discharge aperture, a flange extending outwardly from the open end of said shell and having an upstanding peripheral w'all defining an annular channel, a sealing gasket disposed within said channel, a closure cap covering the open end of shell and formed about the free end of said wall and adapted to embrace a portion of said gasket to retain the latter in place, said shell having ingress means adjacent said washer, and a cover means having detachdiate portion of said shell and engaging said gas ket for hermetically sealing said device.

' ALLAN C. HOFFMAN.

able -interlocking engagement with the interme- 

